Gilles Tran wrote:

> Really, you should make a list of all the common, entry-level software that 
> anybody can use except you so we can figure out what they have in common ;)

Thank you. Now I feel *so* much less inferior. :-}

Hmm, let's see now. I can operate POV-Ray, a program who's "user 
interface" consists of a text editor and a button that makes it go, but 
I can't figure out 3D Studio Max, a supposedly superior program. Maybe 
it's just that POV-Ray has *a manual*, whereas the illegal pirate copy 
of 3DSM I found didn't have one?

On the other hand, Virtual Dub has no manual yet I find it quite easy to 
work, and yet I couldn't get WMM to do anything except glue video clips 
together. (Maybe that's all it does? Oh, and the transitions that you 
can't control or adjust in any way.) Maybe I'm just trying to make WMM 
do things it's not designed for?

I can't seem to make Photoshop do much, but then I can't figure out the 
GIMP either, so that's about even. (I had no such trouble with 
Photogenics, but that doesn't do very much.)

I spent years using OctaMED, but I'm having trouble figuring out Cubase. 
Maybe because it's just more complicated? IDK.

What else is there? Ooo, I can't make styles work reliably in Word.

I think that's about all... :-P

> Clearly not a professional application 
> due to its limited set of features, but very user-friendly and more than 
> sufficient for home usage, like editing family movies.

Yeah, well, it's free. You wouldn't expect miracles. ;-)

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